Coming Together

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

"Hello Marci. I'm Dr Kozik. How are you feeling today?" the doctor asks. "I don't know." I tell her honestly. "Why don't you tell me what brought you here?" she asks. "I tried to kill myself." I tell her. "Why did you try to kill yourself?" she asks. "I was raped." I tell her and look down at my hands as I fight off the tears. "Did you report it to the cops?" she asks. "No." I tell her. "Why?" she asks."He is a cop. He's my boyfriend." I tell her. "Do you have somewhere safe to go?" she asks and I shake my head no before wiping the tear that falls. "Let me make a phone call. I might can help. I don't want you to leave here and not feel safe." she says.

Picking up her phone, I hear her talking to someone and when she ends the call, she says "Okay, my husband and his best friend are coming to get us now. We'll take you to get some things and then head to the safehouse." she tells me and I just nod. A few minutes later, a woman walks in and says "Your husband is here." She nods and helps me get myself together. Heading out to the lobby she introduces me. "Marci, this is my husband Koz and his best friend Happy. Guys, this is Marci." she says. She leads me out to the van. Her husband gets into the driverseat and his best friend is in the passenger seat while she's in the back with me. I look up and see the one she called Happy glancing back at us.

We pull into the driveway and seeing that no one is home, I let out the breath I was holding. We head inside and pack my things as fast as we can before heading out to the van. We're putting my things in the van when I see his car pull up. "That's him." I whisper to Randi, she said to call her, and she nods to her husband that this was him. Koz gets Happy's attention and Mark gets out of the car and asks "Who the fuck are you?" Koz says "We're taking her with us." Mark gets pissed and says "No you aren't. Marci, get your ass back in the house." he tells me and I stiffen up. I glance over at Happy and see him balling his fists up at his sides. "Come on Sweetheart. Let's get in the van." Randi tells me. I get into the van and she gets in behind me. "Goddamn it Marci, get out of the van." Mark yells and I freeze. Randi wraps her arms around me and says "He won't get to you." All of a sudden we hear Happy say "You come near her again and cop or no cop, I'll slit your Goddamn throat." Mark backs off and the guys get into the van and we head to the safehouse.

Walking into the safehouse, Koz and Happy take my bags to the room I'll be staying in before coming back out to the living room where we were. "Tell me what happened." Randi says. "He came home drunk and wanted sex. I told him I wasn't in the mood and he forced himself on me." I tell her. "How long has he been hurting you?" she asks. "Since we moved in together a year ago." I tell her. Looking over at Happy, you can see his jaw twitching. "You're safe here but you don't leave here until he's handled." Koz says and I just nod. "Thank you." I say softly. "Let's get you a shower and some sleep." Randi says and shows me where everything is. Randi walks back into the living room, after making sure I was in the shower, and hears Happy say "That fucker is mine. He won't touch her again." Koz says "We won't let that happen." Happy shakes his head and says "I won't let that happen."

After my shower, I get out and see Happy sitting on my bed. I stop just outside of the bathroom door and he says "Come here." I don't look at him but I walk over and sit on the bed beside him. "Are you okay?" he asks. "I think so." I say softly. "We won't hurt you. Won't let anyone else hurt you either." he tells me. "Thank you Happy." I say and I feel another tear fall. He looks at me and I am looking at my hands. "When was the last time you got any sleep other than the hospital?" he asks. "A long time." I whisper but he hears me. He reaches over and takes my hand and says "I want you to know what we're going to do." he tells me. "You're going to kill him." I say and he nods. "If we don't..." he starts and I stop him. "He'll kill me." I say and he says "Yeah." We sit in silence for a minute and I ask "Are you okay?" He looks at me confused and I say "You looked so mad out there." He squeezes my hand and says "You don't deserve that shit." I finally look at him. Really look at him. He looks at me and he says "I won't hurt you." I feel him lace his fingers with mine and I say "I believe you." He kisses my knuckles before saying "Get some sleep little girl. Randi is here if you need anything and we're leaving the Prospect here." I nod and say "Be careful please." I tell him and he nods before walking out the door.

I had been sleeping for a little bit when I wake up and can't catch my breath. I feel the tears fall as I finally get my breathing under control. I sit up against the headboard and just sit there. All I see is him raping me. I must have sat there with tears falling for a while. The sun was coming through the blinds and I hear a soft knock on the door. I wipe the tears as the door opens and I see Randi standing there. "How'd you sleep?" she asks and I shake my head no. "Woke up about 2am and was scared to go back to sleep." I tell her. "I'm sorry Sweetheart. I can give you something to help you sleep if you want." she tells me and we hear a voice at the door. "I got her." Randi looks at me and I nod my head that it's okay. She leaves the room and he walks in and sits on the side of the bed. "Nightmares?" he asks and I nod my head but don't look at him. He leans down and starts to take off his boots before taking his kutte off. "Lay down little girl." he tells me softly and I lay down under the covers and he lays on top of the covers. "Come here." he says softly and I don't know why, but I feel comfortable with him. I move closer and he pulls me close and doesn't say anything but just rubs my back until I fall asleep.

I see Mark hovering over me and he's thrusting in and out and telling me that this is the only thing I'm good for. I start to fight him and then I hear it. "I got you little girl. You're safe. I got you. Come on. Just listen to my voice Marci. Just listen to me." he tells me and I start to calm down and feel myself snuggling closer to him. I open my eyes and look up at him and he's looking at me. "There you are." he tells me and I go to pull away and he lets me but he keeps one hand on my hip. "Talk to me little girl." he rasps. "He was raping me." I say and feel the tears fall again. "I won't let him near you." he tells me as he pulls me closer again. We hear a knock on the door. "Yeah." Happy says. The door opens and Koz is standing there. "We gotta go brother." Happy nods and I pull away from him. "Randi will be here with you. Don't leave the house until we get back okay." He says and I nod. "I won't." I tell him. He heads for the door and I say "Be careful...please." He looks back at me before walking over and kissing my forehead before walking out the door to take care of Mark.